Apparatus for medicating water



(No Model.)

0. O. BARKER.

APPARATUS FOR MEDIGATING WATER.

No. 349,884. Patented Sept. 28, 1886.

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UNITE STATES ATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES C. HARKER, OF TROY, OHIO.

APPARATUS FOR MEDlCATlNG WATE R.

ULJECEFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,884, datedSeptember 28,1886.

Application tiled Decem her 28, 1885. Serial No. 186,957. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES C. HARKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Troy, in the county of Miama and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for-MedicatingWVater for the Treatment of Diseases in Hogs; and it consists in theconstruction, novel arrangement, and adaptation of devices, as will behereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In the annexed drawings Figure 1 is aview of a side elevation of myimproved appara tus. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same.Fig. 3 is a plan view of the lower section of the tank, showing theair-chamber. Fig. 4 is a view of the agitator-rod. Fig. 5 is a View ofthe bracket for supporting the cup, and Fig. (3 is a view of the cup.

Referring by letter to the said drawings, A indicates the tank, which isfor holding the water to be medicated. This tank is constructed with atapering base, a, so as to allow the entire contents to be drawn fromthe tank, and a closed top, which is preferably of truncated cone shape.This tank is formed of metal, and has alining in itslower portion, whichis of wood or other suitable noncorrodible substance, and so arrangedtherein as to form a continuous air-chamber, J, whereby the contents ofthe inner vessel may be kept cool, and also prevented from freezing. Theunder or base section is provided in its bottom with a short tube, whichmay be threaded and provided with a cock, as shown, for closing thesame.

F indicates a hose having a nozzle ahd attached to the said short tubeto draw ofi the water from the tank. By this arrangement it will be seenthat when hogs or other animals are threatened with or have diseasesuchas cholerathey may be conveniently washed or bathed by means of the hosewith the medicated water.

G indicates a bracket, which is composed of two angular branches havingattaching devices at their outer ends and a central socketaperture, 0,for the reception of the cup H, which is designed to contain sulphur andcharcoal, which, when burned, forin sulphurous acid gas to impregnatethe water in the tank. This bracket is secured to the inner walls of theupper section of the tank A, so as to hold the cup in about the centralvertical line thereof.

0 indicates a funnel, which is secured in one of the sides of the uppersection of the tank, charging the same with water, and also for addingcarbolic acid to the water in about the proportions of one dram of theformer to one gallon of the latter, which funnel is provided with afaucet, as shown, for opening and closing the same.

E indicates a frame, which is properly braced so as to support the tankat a suitable height to manipulate the cock in the bottom.

Aindicates an opening, which is closed with a glass or the like toenable the attendant to view the interior of the tank and theingredients in the cup H, and B is a stuflingbox, through which passesthe agitator rod L, which is designed for stirring up and promoting thecombustion of sulphur and charcoal placed in the said cup, theimpregnation of the water being attained by the gas generated from thesulphurous acid through the medium of the burning of the charcoal andsulphur and the addition of carbolic acid, as above stated.

2' indicates a hand-hole, which may be covered with suitable material tomake the same air-tight. Through this hand-hole the attendant may adjustthe cup H in its bearing and renew the contents.

The water may be served to the hogs as an ordinary drink, or it may beused in preparing their food.

The process of medicating water with the above apparatus is conducted asfollows: The lower wood-lined part of the vessel is charged, through thefunnel O, with a known quantity of water, and carbolic acid is added inabout the proportions above stated. The funnelcock is then shut and thefunnel filled with water to make a hermetically-sealed joint. The cup H,which is in fact a furnace, is then charged with charcoal and sulphurand the same ignited; This cup is then adjusted in its seat'in thecenter of the bracket G and the hand-hole hermetically sealed. Theoxygen of the air in the vessel will now combine with the burningsulphur, and sulphurous acid gas will be produced. At the same time apartial vacuum will also be produced in the Vessel, and said gas willrapidly commingle with the water impregnated with carbolic acid therein.The attendant,-who can view the cup H. through the peep -hole A, isenabled, by means of the rod L, to stir the burning charcoal and sulphurfrom time to time without admitting air into the vessel. By this processthe water is in part relieved from atmospheric pressure, and while thusrelieved readily absorbs and mixes with the sulphurous fumes and thecarbolic acid, and the medical compound in question is economicallyproduced.

Having described the invention, what I claim isl. A water medicatingapparatus consisting of an air-tight vessel having its lower part linedwith a non-corrodible substance, a supplyfunnel provided with a cook, acup supported upon a bracket andadapted to contain burning charcoal'andsulphur, a glazed peephole, a stuffing-box adapted to receive through 20it an agitator, and a draw-off pipe at the bottom of the vessel,substantially as described.

2. The combination, with an air-tight tank,

;for the purposes described, having its lower portion lined withwood,surrounded by an air- 25 space, a draw-ofl' pipe provided with acook, a feed-funnel, also'provided with a cook, a

furnace, H, a glazed peep-hole, and a hand- I hole, substantially asdescribed.

CHARLES C. HARKER.

Witnesses:

JOHN S. HYMAN, A. I). MooN.

